startlish
startlish · more startlish · most startlish
Easily startled; skittishEasily startled; skittish.
Meaning
1 senses(colloquial)Easily startled; skittish.
Origin
From startle + -ish.From startle + -ish.
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Forms
more startlish, most startlish| Comparative | more startlish Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most startlish Lesson |
regular
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedstartlishness
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.